[Intro — mellotron sorrowful single motif, no drums, no bass, 16 bars] [Am7 sustained, silence between phrases] [Instrumental Act I — The Broken Floor — 122 BPM] [Bass heavy slow enters, drums brushes, mellotron sustained] [Dual guitars clean arpeggiated delay reverb, no vocals, 24 bars] [Verse 1 — vocal whispered raw, single guitar clean, bass low] We both fell to the same dark hand My brother's breath still faint beside me The mage stands laughing at his throne No rescue left that I could see [Instrumental — surf guitar reverb swell, hammond organ enters, 16 bars] [Am7 Cmaj9 Dm7 Fmaj9 — something approaching through the dark] [Verse 2 — vocal raw, barely rising, full of exhaustion] Then through the smoke a figure came The one he kept behind his walls She carried nothing but a seal That glowed like fire through the hall She knelt beside me on the stone And pressed the mark against my chest Something sleeping in my blood Heard the call and answered yes [Instrumental Act II — The Awakening — 122 BPM] [Dual guitars melodic interplay, stoner groove bass driving, drums powerful] [Hammond organ climbing, mellotron underneath, 32 bars] [Am7 resolving toward Amaj7 — the ancient power rising, instruments carry this] [Chorus — vocal heroic full drive, full band explosive] What the old kings left inside the line Wakes in me like gold through stone Every wound the seal has touched Burns away and I rise alone [Instrumental Act III — The Final Battle — 122 BPM] [Guitar 1 clean surf reverb melodic — ancient power theme] [Guitar 2 overdrive stoner heavy — the mage's darkness] [Both guitars in collision, bass driving hard, drums hard rock full] [Amaj7 Cmaj9 Gmaj7 A9 — 32 bars, the battle told through sound] [Verse 3 — vocal raw single line, everything else drops] His darkness breaks against what cannot die [Instrumental Act IV — The Throne Falls — 122 BPM] [Full band maximum, both guitars unison, bass and drums explosive] [Hammond organ triumphant, mellotron underneath] [24 bars — the mage defeated, the kingdom breathing again] [Bridge — vocal whispered, single clean guitar only] She stood before her people And told them what was buried What happened to her father The truth the mage had carried [Chorus — vocal full raw heroic, full band one last time] What the old kings left inside the line Wakes in me like gold through stone The kingdom breathes in open air And I walk back into the unknown [Outro — mellotron single phrase A major, guitar clean fading delay, bass last pulse, silence] Still burning(ing) Still burning(ing)
